About Us

Built by operators with deep infrastructure DNA.

Engineers, operators and capital allocators who have built and run data centres, hydropower facilities, North Sea installations and the financial stacks behind them.

Our Journey

From a single rack of servers to a multi-gigawatt pipeline.

  1. 2016

    Initial server testing

    HPC cloud service launched.

  2. 2017

    HPC Cloud Growth

    Leasing multiple UK Data Centre locations.

  3. 2018

    Hydrokraft AS founded

    Norwegian cloud business launched.

  4. 20192 MW

    Høyanger data centre

    Engineered and deployed infrastructure for cloud business.

  5. 2021

    Glomfjord Phase 1

    First Hyperscale deployment built, owned & operated.

  6. 2022

    Sale of Hydrokraft

    To Arkon Energy, business later renamed NScale AS.

  7. 2023

    Scale42 Founded

    To develop pan-Nordic data centre developers and operator.

  8. 2024–2025

    Pipeline developed, GIGA-42 established

    Planning, power and designs across the Nordics.

  9. 2026–2030MULTI-GW

    Platform Roll-out

    Multi-GW pipeline deployed.

The founders

The three behind Scale42.

Bendik Fostervoll

Bendik Fostervoll

CDO & Founder

5+ years in data centre development. High-voltage power systems test & integration. 15+ years electrical engineering, including North Sea oil & gas.

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James Collins

James Collins

CTO & Founder

7+ years in data centre development. Data centre system design & management. 20+ years in IT systems administration, technical and service roles in the UK.

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William Tasney

William Tasney

CEO & Founder

7+ years in data centre development. Business strategy & energy market expertise. Led team from start-up to 8-figure exit. Commercial property background.

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The team

Engineers, operators and capital allocators.

Jamie Stewart

Jamie Stewart

CIO

Corporate strategy and capital raising. 11 years in research & corporate strategy at one of Europe's preeminent hedge funds. Corporate finance experience.

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Thomas Beaton

Thomas Beaton

COO

Over 5 years within the data centre space, specialising in asset management & technical management. 8+ years in Geospatial intelligence and innovation.

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Daniel Gussiås

Daniel Gussiås

Liaison Officer

13+ years in North Sea oil & gas. Field engineer and supervisor. Energy saving and technical insulation.

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Zeehan Rahman

Zeehan Rahman

Senior Business Development Manager

4+ years in data centre operations & development. MEng petroleum engineer. AgriTech & circular economy subject matter expert.

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Ismael Valero

Ismael Valero

IT Director

Data centre design, build & operations. 25+ years in IT solutions development. Networking, system integration & supplier management.

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Roald Normann

Roald Normann

Senior Project Manager

Mechanical-electrical and construction-hydropower engineer. 18+ years as worldwide technical manager, project manager and engineer. International project leadership.

Patrick Murray

Patrick Murray

CFO

15 years across technology, FinTech and Life Sciences. Closing significant funding rounds and PE shareholder agreements. Built finance & compliance teams.

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Abbie Williamson

Abbie Williamson

Executive Assistant

16+ years operations and team management. Group financial management. Time management.

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Want to work with us?

We're always interested in talking to engineers, operators and capital partners who share our view of the next ten years of compute.

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